"Celebrating Stanley" Poem - South Stanley Junior School

Celebrating Stanley / December 16th, 2025

"Celebrating Stanley" Poem - South Stanley Junior School

This poem was created by Livy, Layla, Liam and Harry, Year 6 pupils from South Stanley Junior School as part of our 'Celebrating Stanley' project. They were inspired by the importance of coming together to celebrate the town, honour past generations, and remember the people who helped shape its history. Ultimately this poem encourages unity, celebration, and pride in Stanley as a place to belong.

Self-Belief and Emotional Wellbeing / December 10th, 2024

Youth Social Action / December 10th, 2024

Aspirations and Future Planning / December 10th, 2024

The Importance of Vocational Visits to Aid Employability in Young People

At Building Self-Belief, one of the many programmes is the ‘Bridging the Gap’ Youth Employability Programme. Recently, this programme was conducted with year 10 boys from Boldon School. The first few workshops centred around improving wellbeing, and then the boys prepared for their vocational visit by working on goal setting, CV making and considering what makes a good employee.

Self-Belief and Emotional Wellbeing / June 17th, 2018

Improving the Self-Belief of Teenage Girls

Our film documents and explains the impact of our Building Self-Belief programme with Year 9 Girls at Consett Academy, County Durham. The programme helps the young people to grow in confidence and encourages them to be more aspirational about their future careers. It was a privilege to work with them.

Relationships and Sex Education / February 14th, 2022

New Boundaries for Young People?

Urgent action is needed in society and schools to support the sexual education of our young people.